307 West 153rd Street, Manhattan, NY 10039

307 West 153rd Street is a 5-story, 19-unit residential building built in 1910 and currently owned by Donnavan Laidlaw. The building has experienced several maintenance and safety issues over recent years, with the most concerning being the current open violations (as of April 2025) related to failure to file external low pressure inspections for 2020-2022. Recent housing maintenance complaints have included flooring issues in March 2023, for which HPD intervened and verified corrections.

Other notable incidents have included a lack of heat and hot water in January 2019 affecting the entire building, followed by a series of door-related violations in 2022 involving apartments 7 and 18, particularly concerning self-closing mechanisms and fire safety egress requirements. While the building's bedbug reports show no infestations between 2020-2021, there have been recurring rat activity issues noted in recent inspections throughout 2023-2025, though recent inspections in 2024-2025 have generally passed. The building has also exhibited various emergency and non-emergency issues over the years, including water leaks, mold problems, and intercom system failures, all of which were investigated by HPD.

A significant safety concern was addressed in 2020 with repairs made to unsafe electrical wiring conditions in the lobby area. Despite these challenges, the building has maintained active compliance with the rodent inspections required in recent years, though not without noting instances of rat activity. The most recent inspections as of 2025 have shown passing results, indicating some improvement in pest management.